WAYS & MEANS
Monday, March 27, 2023
- 10:00 AM
James Monty, Chairman
Shaun Gillilland, Vice-Chairman
Chairman Monty called this Ways & Means
committee to order at 10:00 am with the following Supervisors in attendance:
Clayton Barber, Robin DeLoria, Stephanie DeZalia, Derek Doty, Shaun Gillilland,
Charlie Harrington, Ken Hughes, Steve McNally, Noel Merrihew, James Monty, Tom
Scozzafava, Matt Stanley, Ike Tyler, Joe Pete Wilson, Davina Winemiller,
Margaret Wood and Mark Wright. Roy
Holzer was excused.
Department Heads present: Angie Allen, James
Dougan, Judy Garrison, Mary McGowan, Dan Manning, Jack Moulton, Matt Watts and
Michael Mascarenas.
Also present:
Krista Moran, Jen Fifield and Shannon Doyle.
News media – Alana Penny, Sun News.
MONTY: It’s 10 o’clock we’ll call the ways and means
to order. Please stand for the
pledge. Thank you. Roll call Judy
please. Thank you, no guests. Moving onto resolutions.
PUBLIC
SAFETY
Monday,
March 13, 2023
Chairman
– S. McNally Vice-Chairman – I. Tyler
1.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PERMANENT
APPOINTMENT OF DANIEL WOODS TO THE POSITION OF DIRECTOR OF WEIGHTS AND
MEASURES. Doty, McNally
2.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASING
AGENT TO PURCHASE VOTING MACHINES FROM DOMINION VOTING FOR THE BOARD OF
ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $359,800.00, WITH $120,000.00
COMING FROM THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS RESERVE ACCOUNT. DeLoria, Merrihew
3.
RESOLUTION OF CONGRATULATIONS TO JAYNE
KING UPON HER RETIREMENT FROM THE ESSEX COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE. DeZalia, unanimous
4.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT TO
RESOLUTION #298, OF DECEMBER 6, 2022, AMENDING THE PURCHASING AGENT TO PURCHASE
FOUR (4) PROPANE SPECIALIST KITS AND TRAINING FOR THE EMERGENCY SERVICES
DEPARTMENT, IN THE AMOUNT OF $57,978.00, FROM SOLE SOURCE RESPONDER TRAINING
ENTERPRISES, FROM HAZMAT CONSORTIUM GRANT FY19 AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE
COUNTY CHAIRMAN OR COUNTY MANAGER TO EXCUTE A CONTRACT FOR THE SAME. DeLoria, Winemiller
5.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASING
AGENT TO PURCHASE A DECONTAMINATION SHOWER FOR THE EMERGENCY SERVICES
DEPARTMENT, IN THE AMOUNT OF $15,000.00, WITH FUNDS TO COME FROM HAZMAT
CONSORTIUM GRANT FY20. Tyler, Wright
6.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASING
AGENT TO PURCHASE ELECTROSTATIC DECONTAMINATION KITS FOR EACH OF THE SEVEN
COUNTIES IN THE HAZMAT CONSORTIUM IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $120,000.00, WITH
FUNDS TO COME FROM HAZMAT CONSORTIUM GRANT FY20. Hughes, Wright
7.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASING
AGENT TO PURCHASE TWELVE (12) PORTABLE RADIOS, EIGHTEEN (18) SPEAKER MIC’S,
EIGHTEEN (18) BATTERIES, EIGHTEEN (18) CLIPS, TWELVE (12) DESKTOP CHARGES,
FIFTEEN (15) APX 8500 RADIOS AND FIVE (5) APX 6500 RADIOS FOR THE EMERGENCY
SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO DISBURSE, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $165,000.00, WITH
FUNDS TO COME FROM SCIG 19 AND SCIG 20 GRANTS.
Winemiller, Tyler
8.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASING
AGENT TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT FOR THE EMERGENCY SERVICES DIRECTOR
VEHICLE, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $31,000.00, WITH FUNDS TO COME FROM SICG 19
GRANT. Hughes, Tyler
9.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASING
AGENT TO GO OUT TO BID TO PROVIDE FOR THIRD PARTY BILLING SERVICES FOR THE EMS
PROGRAM IN ESSEX COUNTY. DeLoria, Tyler
10.
RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF LETTER
ADDRESSING CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY ON RAILWAY SAFETY CONCERNS IN ESSEX
COUNTY. Barber, unanimous
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
Monday,
March 13, 2023
Chairman
– I. Tyler Vice-Chairman – R. Holzer
NO
RESOLUTIONS
HUMAN SERVICES
Monday, March 13, 2023
Chairman
– JP. Wilson Vice-Chairman - C.
Harrington
11.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY
CHAIRMAN OR COUNTY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH PSYCHIATRIC
FACULITY PRESCRIBERS INCREASING FROM FOUR (4) TO EIGHT (8) HOURS A WEEK AT
$225.00 PER HOUR WITH FUNDS TO COME FROM BUDGETED FUNDS. Stanley, Tyler
12.
RESOLUTION OF APPRECIATION TO ROBERT
“BOB” McGOLDRICK FOR HIS YEARS OF SERVICE WITH ESSEX COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH
DEPARTMENT. Tyler, unanimous
13.
RESOLUTION ADOPTING AND APPROVING THE
QUARTERLY REPORTS FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH UNIT AND APPROVED BY THE PUBLIC HEALTH
ADVISORY COMMITTEE (PHAC) ON 3/7/23.
Doty, Winemiller
14.
RESOLUTION ADOPTING AND APPROVING THE
QUARTERLY REPORTS FOR THE HOME HEALTH UNIT AND APPROVED BY THE PROFESSIONAL
ADVISORY COMMITTEE (PAC) ON 3/7/23. Stanley,
Merrihew
15.
RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE GOALS AND
IDEALS OF NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK OF APRIL 3, 2023, IN ESSEX COUNTY. Tyler,
unanimous
16.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A BUDGET
AMENDMENT IN THE OFFICE FOR THE AGING DEPARTMENT INCREASING REVENUES AND
APPROPRIATIONS IN THE AMOUNT OF $13,860.06, UNEXPENDED 2022 GIFTS &
DONATIONS FUNDS. Scozzafava, Stanley
17.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A BUDGET
AMENDMENT IN THE OFFICE FOR THE AGING DEPARTMENT INCREASING REVENUES AND
APPROPRIATIONS IN THE AMOUNT OF$183,104.66, UNEXPENDED FFCRA STIMULUS COVID 19
FUNDING. Wright, Winemiller
18.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A BUDGET
AMENDMENT IN THE OFFICE FOR THE AGING DEPARTMENT INCREASING REVENUES AND APPROPRIATIONS
IN THE AMOUNT OF $168,991.70, UNEXPENDED 2022 DSRIP FUNDS. DeLoria, Scozzafava
19.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A BUDGET
AMENDMENT IN THE OFFICE FOR THE AGING DEPARTMENT INCREASING REVENUES AND
APPROPRIATIONS IN THE AMOUNT OF $80,109.80, UNEXPENDED 2022 UNMET NEEDS FUNDS. DeZalia, Winemiller
DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC WORKS
Monday, March 20, 2023
Chairman – R. DeLoria Vice–Chairman – C. Barber
20.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A BUDGET
AMENDMENT IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS – BUILDINGS & GROUNDS
INCREASING REVENUES AND APPROPRIATIONS IN THE AMOUNT OF $63,500.00, UNEXPENDED
2022 CARRYOVER FUNDS. Barber, Doty
21.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY
CHAIRMAN OR COUNTY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH REAL CONSTRUCTION,
INC., IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $37,350.00, FOR LABOR AND EQUIPMENT NECESSARY
FOR ROAD RECONSTRUCTION OF A SECTION OF COUNTY ROUTE 80, LAKE SHORE ROAD, IN
THE TOWN OF WESTPORT WITH FUNDS TO COME FROM BUDGETED FUNDS. Wright, Tyler
22.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY
CHAIRMAN OR COUNTY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH REAL
CONSTRUCTION, INC., IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $36,100.00, FOR LABOR AND
EQUIPMENT NECESSARY FOR ROAD RECONSTRUCTION OF A SECTION OF COUNTY ROUTE 6,
TRACY ROAD, LOCATED IN TOWN OF MORIAH WITH FUNDS TO COME FROM BUDGETED FUNDS. Scozzafava, Hughes
23.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY
CHAIRMAN OR COUNTY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH REAL
CONSTRUCTION, INC., IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $37,175.00, FOR LABOR AND EQUIPMENT
NECESSARY FOR ROAD RECONSTRUCTION OF A SECTION OF COUNTY ROUTE 13, HURRICANE
ROAD, LOCATED IN TOWN OF KEENE WITH FUNDS TO COME FROM BUDGETED FUNDS. Wilson, Winemiller
24.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASING
AGENT TO AWARD A PURCHASE ORDER WITH FINKE EQUIPMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF
$7,786.80, FOR LABOR NECESSARY TO REPAIR COUNTY OWNED ASPHALT PAVER WITH FUNDS
TO COME FROM BUDGETED FUNDS AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY CHAIRMAN OR
COUNTY MANAGER TO EXECUTE SAID PURCHASE ORDER.
Tyler, DeLoria
25.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASING
AGENT TO GO OUT TO BID THE TRACY ROAD OVER FEEDER POND OUTLET CULVERT
REPLACEMENT PROJECT LOCATED IN THE TOWN OF MORIAH. DeZalia, Scozzafava
26.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASING
AGENT TO GO OUT TO BID THE JOHNSON POND ROAD OVER AN UNNAMED TRIBUTARY CULVERT
REPLACEMENT PROJECT LOCATED IN THE TOWN OF NORTH HUDSON. DeZalia, DeLoria
27.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASING
AGENT TO AWARD A CONTRACT TO D&D FLOORING IN THE AMOUNT OF $13,642.05, FOR
FLOOR COVERING INSTALLATIONS AT THE MAIN COMPLEX FIRST FLOOR HALLWAY AND DSS
SECOND FLOOR ADMIN AREA WITH FUNDS TO COME FROM BUDGETED FUNDS AND FURTHER
AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY CHAIRMAN OR COUNTY MANAGER TO EXECUTE SAID CONTRACT. Wright, Barber
28.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASING
AGENT TO AWARD A PURCHASE ORDER TO J HOGAN REFRIGERATION AND MECHANICAL, LLC IN
THE AMOUNT OF $14,990.00, FOR SUPPLYING (2) REPLACEMENT MINI-SPLIT HVAC UNITS
FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING, WITH FUNDS TO COME FROM BUDGETED FUNDS AND
FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY CHAIRMAN OR COUNTY MANAGER TO EXECUTE SAID
PURCHASE ORDER. Scozzafava, Doty
29.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASING
AGENT TO AWARD A PURCHASE ORDER TO TRANS-TECH ENERGY, LLC IN THE AMOUNT OF
$65,448.00, FOR SUPPLYING (2) REPLACEMENT PROPANE SYSTEM VAPORIZERS FOR THE
PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING WITH FUNDS TO COME FROM BUDGETED FUNDS AND FURTHER
AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY CHAIRMAN OR COUNTY MANAGER TO EXECUTE SAID PURCHASE
ORDER. Wright, DeLoria
PERSONNEL
Monday,
March 20, 2023
Chairman
– S. DeZalia Vice-Chairman – JP.
Wilson
30.
RESOLUTION JOINING THE NEW NATIONAL
SETTLEMENTS WITH PHARMACIES WALGREENS, WAL-MART AND CVS APPROVING THE EXECUTION
OF A WAL-MART NEW YORK PAYMENT OPIOID SETTLEMENT SHARING AGREEEMENT, RELEASE
AND ANY OTHER ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTS; THE CVS NEW YORK PAYMENT OPIOID SETTLEMENT
SHARING AGREEMENT, RELEASE AND OTHER ASSOCATED DOCUMENTS; WALGREENS NEW YORK
PAYMENT OPIOID SETTLEMENT SHARING AGREEEMENT, RELEASE AND OTHER ASSOCIATED
DOCUMENTS AND AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY CHAIRMAN OR COUNTY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE
SAME TOGETHER WITH ANY AND ALL OTHER NECESSARY AND PERTINENT DOCUMENTS REQUIRED
TO SETTLE ESSEX COUNTY’S INTEREST IN THE CURRENT NEW NATIONAL SETTLEMENTS WITH
WAL-MART, WALGREENS AND CVS. DeLoria,
Merrihew
31.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY
CHAIRMAN OR COUNTY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AND FORWARD A CONTRACT EXTENSION WITH THE
OFFICE OF INDIGENT LEGAL SERVICES, EXTENDING OUR ILS FOR ONE MORE YEAR IN ORDER
TO SPEND THE UNSPENT FUNDS ON THE CURRENT FIVE-YEAR GRANT. Hughes, Tyler
32.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PAYMENT TO
HOLCOMBE ABSTRACT FOR THE GOLDEN RING ABSTRACT IN THE AMOUNT OF $1200.00, AND
THE WESTPORT HOTEL ABSTRACT IN THE AMOUNT OF $800.00. Doty, Tyler
33.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY
ATTORNEY TO CONTINUE NEGOTATIONS WITH THE NEW
YORK STATE POLICE RELATIVE TO THE LEASE OF SPACE AT THE EMERGENCY
SERVICES DEPARTMENT. Wright, Doty
FINANCE/TAX
REDUCTION/MANDATE RELIEF
Monday,
March 20, 2023
Chairman – T.
Scozzafava Vice-Chairman – N.
Merrihew
34. RESOLUTION DENYING A REFUND OF
WATER/SEWER TAXES, TOWN OF TICONDEROGA - JOSEPH SINISGALLI. Wright, Merrihew
35. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN ESSEX COUNTY
STUDENT TRAINEE PROGRAM FOR TEN (10) POSITIONS FOR SUMMER EMPLOYMENT 2023. Scozzafava, Wilson
36. RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF MICHELLE JEBB,
TOWN OF TICONDEROGA AS A MEMBER TO THE LAKE GEORGE PARK COMMISSION BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS. Wright, unanimous
MISCELLANEOUS
37.
RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING THE WEEK OF MAY
21-27, 2023, AS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WEEK IN ESSEX COUNTY. Tyler, unanimous
38.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY CHAIRMAN TO EXECUTE CHAMPLAIN
NATIONAL BANK ACCOUNT AUTHORIZED SIGNATURES FOR THE ESSEX COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES CHILD SUPPORT COLLECTIONS. Hughes, Winemiller
39.
RESOLUTION AGAINST THE PASSAGE OF
CONSERVATION SUBDIVISION DESIGN BILL A04068 AND CORRESPONDING SENATE BILL. Gillilland, unanimous
MONTY:
You want to talk about this Dan?
MANNING:
The bill number is inaccurate, it should be A4608 and as I think all of
you know this bill which has been introduced is another attempt and a very
broad and big attempt. The law is
broadly written, vaguely written to allow the APA to establish conservation
subdivision nomenclature which has a definition which only allows for buildings
built in development envelopes, those development envelopes also within them
having a 650 foot buffer outside of them.
There is ecological impact zone.
You have to have all sorts of undue burden upon the property owner, the
developer if they are putting any buildings, roads anything of that
nature. They have to hire
consultants. They have to prepare all
these ecological plans. They have to prepare
a monthly space management stewardship plan and it’s just incredibly poorly
written. It’s incredibly broad and it’s
intended that way because what happens is the Adirondack Park Agency is given
rule making authority by the legislature. So what the legislature does it
passes a law like this and then the Adirondack Park Agency comes in. There are
good parts to the Adirondack Park Agency Law but there are some that aren’t so
good and I see this as not being well written and not good for people of Essex
County or any counties in the Adirondack Park.
It allows the Adirondack Park Agency now to new rule making authority to
create more rules and fill in the blanks and yes, they have public hearings
regarding all of that but they have the ultimate say. Chairman Gillilland has brought this forward
and what we are going to do is prepare a written resolution that the, I will
let him speak but we’ll send it to all the towns so you can consider it and
send it to our elected representatives.
GILLILLAND:
Again, also this is requested by Senator Stec’s office that the
resolutions and town resolutions also go to the Chairman of the ECON committee,
the Assembly and the Senate. What we are
trying to do here is show local pushback on this to try to keep it from getting
out of committee. It’s good that our
local representatives take these and both our local representatives on the rank
on those committees but at least those come directly from the localities to the
Chairman there to have a little bit more impact.
MONTY:
Thank you.
McNALLY:
This bill is not a new bill, this has been in the makings for five
years. We were fortunate to have Betty at the time elected and she squashed it
numerous times. This bill is not favorable
with everybody even in the APA. It’s
very vague but what it does ultimately it just delays the opportunity for
housing, delays and drives the cost so people don’t want to get involved. That’s all this does and this bill is not
being driven by anybody other than New York City. They are just putting a bill on our
regulations up here, not Statewide but in the Adirondack Park so anybody, all
boards should pass this as quickly as possible and get it out in circulation. AATV is in opposition and Local Government
Review Board is in opposition so this is not a popular bill and this is one of
those things that New York City has decided what is best for us again. So anything you can do to get these passed
and get them out I would appreciate it.
Thank you.
MONTY:
Thank you Steve. I recently had a
conversation with a member of the Adirondack Council who reminded me that when
the Adirondack Park was established it was established as it was going to be a
National Park and my question to him was, how many towns and people live within
National Parks? And we all know what the
answer is to that, none they are all around the outside of it so, frankly my
opinion is it’s one more step in trying to force us out of our homes, out of
the Adirondack Park.
DELORIA: When this first came to my attention
one of the problems associated with and I’m not sure if this bill was the same
one three years ago but it would of required the Town of Newcomb to go back and
rezone our districts because essentially if you had something that was in say, a
forty-eight or sub-division this would of cut that down and actually taken
property value away from the owner because it would have restricted building
envelopes and smaller size lots and again, it is not something I’m going to
support for sure but it is a mess.
GILLILLAND:
This goes down to eight acre lots so
if you think are having problems getting developers to come in and
invest in the park, guess what when they have to spend hundreds of thousands of
dollars before they can even get a project denied, that is going to hurt
development.
DELORIA:
And even if you have local zoning this essentially it removes that local
control. Naturally waterfront and all
that the Park Agency they can step in and criticize but as far as your
community, taking charge of your community and you know, supporting these
projects coming across your planning boards it’s gone. This has got to go away.
MANNING: It is just a bail effort by the State
to take property rights away from the owners.
DELORIA:
Is Englebriet still the ranking chair or is he gone?
McNALLY:
No. What this comes down to is
the Adirondack Park Agency has been around for fifty years and they’ve got
these plans and they go right verbatim off of a 50 year old unit plan and then
they won’t change it for anything but then all of sudden someone from New York
City decides that they want to add something to regulations we already have
enough regulations so where this comes from hopefully, it never gets out of
committee but.
MANNING: It does include low intensity the low
intensity land use classification which is 3.2 acres.
GILLILLAND:
I thought it was rural residential, it is lower?
MANNING:
Low intensity, rural use is 8 acres and the next level is resource
management so even down to 3.2 acres you’ve got to come up with all these
ecological plans and studies and uppers and you know.
McNALLY:
What would be nice was, if they liked us so much this should be
statewide, see how they like it in Long Island or in the Western part of the
State but that’s not what they do. They pick out the Adirondack Park, their
play land and impose these laws on us.
It’s not right, it’s not fair.
MONTY: Agreed.
Any further comment? The Town of
Lewis sent their opposition resolution Steve to Mr. Delaney Friday.
McNALLY: Thank you.
MONTY:
Did we vote on that Judy?
GARRISON: It was unanimously seconded.
40.
RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION #73 DATED
MARCH 6, 2023, AMENDING THE EXTENSION DATES FOR SALES TAX EXTENDER FROM
DECEMBER 1, 2023 TO NOVEMBER 30, 2026 TO DECEMBER 1, 2023 TO NOVEMBER 30, 2025,
WITH ALL OTHER TERMS OF RESOLUTION #73 TO REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT. Scozzafava, Merrihew
MONTY:
Discussion?
MERRIHEW: Just to fill you in, as you recall
previously we passed home rule resolution seeking the passage of the assembly
and senate bill which allowed us to extend our ability to collect sales taxes
from December 1, 2023 to November 30, 2026, that’s the way it’s always been for
every county. It’s always been three
years for some reason the powers to be in Albany want to lop off a year and
they are mandating that we change this instead of sun setting on November 30,
2026, that it sunset on November 30, 2025, so we have to go through the process
again. It must be some political
hokey-pokey that they are doing down there. We have no authority to challenge
it.
MONTY: Any questions? No questions, all in favor signify by saying
aye, opposed – carried.
MANNING: I just want to make a quick comment,
Mr. Monty mentioned he sent a resolution on the conservation design bill, there
is a resolution out there I wanted to beef it up a little bit so if you want to
send that same one that’s fine but I want to beef mine up and I want to send it
out to all you guys so you can pick.
MONTY: We sent the one Jerry Delaney sent out. Is
that the one you’re talking about?
MANNING: Yes, I just want to beef it up.
McNALLY: There is two resolutions from the review
board, there’s two, and the second one has the correct bill numbers on it.
MONTY: He sent me both.
McNALLY: Make sure you use the one with the correct
numbers.
MANNING: Yeah and I’m going to soup it up a little
bit, make it a little bit more beefy.
MONTY: We’ll send a second one.
MANNING:
No you don’t have to.
MONTY: Judy, moving on from the floor.
GARRISON:
Everyone has a copy on their desks, this is a resolution regarding the
NYSEG rate hike and billing problems.
It’s a resolution asking Governor Hochul and the Public Service
Commission to dismiss NYSEG and RG&E rate hike requests and to correct the billing
problems before rate hikes are considered.
41. RESOLUTION
ASKING GOVERNOR HOCHUL AND THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION TO DISMISS NYSEG AND
RG&E RATE HIKE REQUESTS AND TO CORRECT THE BILLING PROBLEMS BEFORE RATE
HIKES ARE CONSIDERED. Tyler, Gillilland
MONTY:
Discussion? No discussion, all in
favor signify by saying aye, opposed – carried.
WILSON:
I’d like to bring a resolution from the floor to declare April as Child
Abuse Prevention Month, you have a copy on your desks. Child abuse prevention month first
commemorated in 1983, recognizes the importance of families and communities
working together to prevent child abuse and neglect and promotes the social and
emotional well-being of children and families and Commissioner Allen and DSS
staff will be placing pinwheels to acknowledge April as Child Abuse Prevention
Month and you can get details from her if you would like to participate in
that.
42.
RESOLUTION DECLARING CHILD ABUSE
PREVENTION MONTH FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL IN ESSEX COUNTY. Wilson, unanimous
MASCARENAS:
Just to add onto that, after the board meeting next week anybody that
wants to participate in that we’ll just go out front and plant those pinwheels
in the planters and I’ll remind everybody following that board meeting.
WILSON:
Thank you.
MONTY:
Also, I would like to offer a resolution authorizing Stop DWI to spend
$9,400.00, to purchase four stalker radar systems from Applied Concepts Inc.
for the Essex County Sheriff’s Department out of the Stop DWI Reserve account
as approved by the Stop DWI Advisory Committee.
43. RESOLUTION
AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASING AGENT TO PURCHASE FOUR (4) STALKER RADAR SYSTEMS
FROM APPLIED CONCEPTS, INC., FOR THE ESSEX COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT IN THE
AMOUNT OF $9,400.00, WITH FUNDS TO COME FROM THE STOP DWI RESERVE ACCOUNT AS
APPROVED BY THE STOP DWI ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
Tyler, Scozzafava
MONTY: Discussion? No discussion, all in favor signify by saying
aye, opposed – carried.
DEZALIA:
I’d like to offer a resolution recognizing the following long term
employees of Essex County for the month of March, Brianna Boyea – 10 years of
service, Lucianna Celotti – 15 years of service, Krista Berger – 15 years of
service and Linda Sherman – 30 years of service on March 1st and she
recently retired on the 17th.
44.
RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE FOLLOWING
LONG TERM EMPLOYEES OF ESSEX COUNTY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH. DeZalia, unanimous
MONTY:
Mr. Dougan, can I request your presence.
DOUGAN:
Good morning everyone.
MASCARENAS: Yeah, we warned you when he came
back we were going to have some resolutions to approve so that’s what we are
doing now.
DOUGAN:
So, I think last week that you were prepared that some of these annual
contracts, not that we’ve done them wrong in the past but Mr. Manning felt we
should take this extra step to bring these through the board because they are
considered public works which means they have prevailing wage labor that can be
involved. So I have nine of them
here. I’ll try to go as quickly as we
can. These are just a sampling of the ones that we do every year but these
specifically have prevailing wage and therefore are considered public works
which Mr. Manning can get into the legal details if need be on why public works
is a little different the way you handle it.
My first one is for guiderail installations so
I’m asking for authorization for the Purchasing agent to award an annual
contract for guiderail installations to Town and County Bridge and Rail per the
unit prices included in their bid and further authorizing the County Chairman
or County Manager to execute that contract, these are from budgeted funds.
45. RESOLUTION
AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASING AGENT TO AWARD A BID AND CONTRACT TO TOWN AND COUNTY
BRIDGE AND RAIL FOR GUIDERAIL INSTALLATIONS AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY
CHAIRMAN OR COUNTY MANAGER TO EXECUTE SAID CONTRACT. DeLoria, DeZalia
MONTY:
Discussion?
HUGHES:
Probably an overall question but is this a calendar year contract?
DOUGAN: Nope, basically they March 30, excuse
me April 1st is when they start and March 30th is when
they end each year.
HUGHES: Okay, thanks.
DOUGAN: All of these contracts have the option
to renew for an additional two years so if the vendor is willing to keep their
prices and we are happy with their services we can extend the contract for two
additional terms.
MANNING: Jim, do you know how much that is?
DOUGAN: It’s all unit prices. I’ve added to the
back of this the copy of the tally for everyone to see so the first tally that
you see is guiderail installation and I’ve highlighted in yellow what that bid
is and I’ve shown you what the rates were from the last time we bid it.
MANNING: So we don’t know what the overall
amount is?
DOUGAN:
You never know what it is until we have a specific project where a
guiderail needs to be replaced.
MANNING:
Is it over $35,000?
DOUGAN:
It very well could be, quite often it’s not Dan. Quite often it’s $5,000, $8,000 which is
maybe why we haven’t brought these before but it could be over $35,000.
MANNING:
Right, okay.
MONTY:
Any further discussion? No
further discussion all in favor signify by saying aye, opposed – carried.
DOUGAN:
The second one is for aggregate delivered. Again, this is authorizing
the purchasing agent to award an annual contract for Aggregate delivered to
Jointa Lime Company per the unit prices included, funds are to come from
budgeted funds and authorization to sign the contract for the Chairman or the
County Manager.
46. RESOLUTION
AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASING AGENT TO AWARD A BID AND CONTRACT FOR AGGREGATE
DELIVERED TO JOINTA LIME COMPANY AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY CHAIRMAN OR
COUNTY MANAGER TO EXECUTE SAID CONTRACT.
Wright, Tyler
MONTY:
Discussion? No discussion all in
favor signify by saying aye, opposed – carried.
DOUGAN: Number three is an annual contract for
Hot-in-place Asphalt Recycling. This
would be to Highway Rehab Corporation per the unit prices with funds to come
from budgeted funds and further authorizing the County Manager or County Chair
to sign.
MANNING: Is it over $35,000?
DOUGAN: Yeah, without a doubt over $35,000.
47. RESOLUTION
AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASING AGENT TO AWARD A BID AND CONTRACT FOR HOT-IN-PLACE
ASPALT RECYCLING TO HIGHWAY REHABILITATION CORPORATION AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING
THE COUNTY CHAIRMAN OR COUNTY MANAGER TO EXECUTE SAID CONTRACT. Winemiller, Tyler
MONTY:
Discussion? No discussion all in
favor signify by saying aye, opposed – carried.
DOUGAN:
Number four is for general bridge repairs. This is to Town and County
Bridge & Rail per the unit prices to come from budgeted funds and further
authorizing the County Chair or County Manager to execute that.
48. RESOLUTION
AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASING AGENT TO AWARD A BID AND CONTRACT FOR GENERAL BRIDGE
REPAIRS TO TOWN AND COUNTY BRIDGE AND RAIL AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY
CHAIRMAN OR COUNTY MANAGER TO EXECUTE SAID CONTRACT. DeLoria, Doty
MONTY:
Discussion?
DOUGAN:
Just a little background, last year we used this contract when we got a
sudden closure on Trout Brook Road in the Town of Schroon to fix that. Last year or in the last two years Wilmington
piggybacked and used this contract for some repairs to a water line on a
bridge, rehanging it and also the Town of North Elba used it a few years back
for a structure they had on Mill Pond Drive, excuse me West Valley Road.
MONTY:
No other questions, discussion?
All in favor signify by saying aye, opposed – carried.
DOUGAN:
The next three are all for screened sand. When we bid screened sand delivered we bid it
by Town. Each of the towns can piggyback
off of this and use this for their winter sand if they like most towns do not,
you get your own price or you have something else but you can piggy back off of
it. We use it if we have a project in that area that we need sand as back
fill. The reason there is three
resolutions is because it is awarded by town and it’s awarded by three
different vendors this particular year.
Is it going to be over $35,000? I
don’t know. It very well could be
depending on what our needs are as we go throughout the year.
The first one, is screened sand it’s for the
towns of Elizabethtown, Keene, Moriah, Newcomb, Schroon, Westport and Essex
County DPW that is to Caza & Associates per the unit prices, funds to come
from budgeted funds and further authorizing the County Chair or County Manager
to sign.
49. RESOLUTION
AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASING AGENT TO AWARD A BID AND CONTRACT FOR SCREENED SAND
DELIVERED TO THE TOWNS OF ELIZABETHTOWN, KEENE, MORIAH, NEWCOMB, SCHROON,
WESTPORT AND ESSEX COUNTY DPW TO CAZA & ASSOCIATES TRUCKING LLC. AND
FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY CHAIRMAN OR COUNTY MANAGER TO EXECUTE SAID
CONTRACT. Winemiller, Merrihew
MONTY:
Discussion? No discussion all in
favor signify by saying aye, opposed – carried.
DOUGAN:
Number six again for screened sand.
This is just for the Town of North Hudson. This is to High Peaks Sand and Gravel LLC
again, per the unit prices, funds to come from budgeted funds and further
authorizing the County Chair or County Manager to sign.
50. RESOLUTION
AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASING AGENT TO AWARD A BID AND CONTRACT FOR SCREENED SAND
DELIVERED TO THE TOWN OF NORTH HUDSON TO HIGH PEAKS SAND AND GRAVEL, LLC AND
FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY CHAIRMAN OR COUNTY MANAGER TO EXECUTE SAID
CONTRACT. DeZalia, DeLoria
MONTY:
Discussion? No discussion all in
favor signify by saying aye, opposed – carried.
DOUGAN:
Number seven, screened sand again for North Elba, St. Armand and
Wilmington. This is to Trudeau Sand
& Gravel per the unit prices, funds to come from budgeted and further
authorizing the County Chair or County Manager to sign.
51.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASING
AGENT TO AWARD A BID AND CONTRACT FOR SCREENED SAND DELIVERED TO THE TOWNS OF NORTH
ELBA, ST. ARMAND AND WILMINGTON TO TRUDEAU SAND AND GRAVEL AND FURTHER
AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY CHAIRMAN OR COUNTY MANAGER TO EXECUTE SAID CONTRACT. Doty, Winemiller
MONTY:
Discussion? No discussion all in
favor signify by saying aye, opposed – carried.
DOUGAN:
Number eight is for In-Lace Reclamation/Recycling that is the process
that we go through and grind up all of the asphalt and get right down to the
gravel subsurface that there is then we lay it back down, regrade it and then
pave over the top of it. Last year we
used that in Newcomb on Upper Works Road, we typically use that one every year
and it’s almost always over $35,000. This would be awarded to Jointa Lime Company
per the unit prices and with funds to come from budgeted funds and further
authorizing the County Chair or County Manager to sign.
52. RESOLUTION
AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASING AGENT TO AWARD A BID AND CONTRACT FOR IN-PLACE
RECLAMATION/RECYCLING TO JOINTA LIME COMPANY AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY
CHAIRMAN OR COUNTY MANAGER TO EXECUTE SAID CONTRACT. Tyler, Hughes
MONTY:
Discussion? No discussion all in
favor signify by saying aye, opposed – carried.
DOUGAN:
And the last one is for Center Line Painting. This is our center line and our fog line
painting every year, it’s always over $35,000.
We would be awarding it to Seneca Pavement Marketing Inc. per the unit
prices, with funds to come from budgeted funds and further authorizing the
County Manager or County Chair to sign.
53. RESOLUTION
AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASING AGENT TO AWARD A BID AND CONTRACT FOR CENTER LINE
PAINTING TO SENECA PAVEMENT MARKETING INC., AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE COUNTY
CHAIRMAN OR COUNTY MANAGER TO EXECUTE SAID CONTRACT. Wright, Merrihew
MONTY:
Discussion? No discussion all in
favor signify by saying aye, opposed – carried.
DOUGAN:
Two of those bids that we put out that we received before I went on
vacation had a couple of issue in them. They
were for our asphalt delivered and our asphalt FOB so we put those out to
rebid. Those bids are due Wednesday of
this week assuming those bids are acceptable by the Purchasing Agent, myself
perhaps the County Attorney then we would bring those back to you at full board
to award. Sorry to do that. Our bids only last for 45 days so we have
award it fairly quickly just to give you a heads up those two we may be
bringing to full board.
MONTY:
Any questions?
DOTY:
How many miles are you going to tackle this year?
DOUGAN:
Right now on our list is 21 miles of our own is what’s planned. You’ll notice some of these rates are a
little higher so we will be looking at that really closely to make sure we can
still get 21 miles done and within budget.
DOTY:
How has your budgeted amount changed over the last few years as we’ve
watched petroleum products go out of sight?
Like, in the past would you do 25 miles now you’re back down to 20? I think probably a lot of us are facing the
same challenges.
DOUGAN:
Well, I’m sure you’re all facing the same. We haven’t asked for any budget increases.
We’ve been trying to some smarter things with those dollars as you guys just
approved those contract amendments with Reale Construction I’m doing short
sections of road with a full reconstruction for maybe a 1,000 feet, 1,200 feet
rather than putting a process like reclamation or milling on a full mile of
road when I typically just have one section 1,000 feet long that’s really bad
and typically when that 1,000 feet is really is because the sub base is really
poor underneath so we’ve been trying to get real smart in the way we tackle
this instead of just putting in a contractor and saying have at it for a mile
and that is what is keeping us asking for the same amount of money from the
board with the prices going up you see here. I don’t know what the future is
going to hold I’m hoping that some of what I’m seeing that it’s supposed to
drop back down as we hit closer to the end of this year but we have 360 miles
of road. The CHIPS formula says that
your roads have to last ten years. If
they last ten years that means I need to do 36 miles a year. If they last 20, then I can do 18. Twenty is a lot to get out of asphalt
pavement road so you can see we’re, that’s kind of always a moving target and
I’ve got some good people in the background constantly looking at that and
telling me where we should go next.
DOTY:
Thank you.
MONTY: Any other questions? No other questions. We don’t need a motion on that because we are
waiting.
DOUGAN:
You are going to wait on that, yes.
MONTY: Okay if there are no other
questions. Judy, anything else?
GARRISON:
I do not have anything further.
MONTY: I know we are going to request an
executive session here briefly, before we do that does anybody have anything
from the floor that you want to bring to the board? Nothing?
Then we will entertain a motion to go into executive session.
GILLILLAND:
I would like to request an executive session to discussion our renewal
contract with the State and seek legal advice and also request that Mr. Dougan
join us.
MONTY:
Moved by Mr. Gillilland, second by Mr. Wilson
THE COMMITTEE MOVED
INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 10:43 A.M.
TO DISCUSS A RENEWAL
CONTRACT WITH NEW YORK STATE AND
SEEK LEGAL ADVICE AND
MOVED BACK INTO OPEN SESSION AT 11:04 A.M.
MONTY: I
will call the ways and means back to order.
No decisions were made in executive session. I will entertain a motion we move back into
regular session. Moved by Mr. Hughes,
second by Mr. Wright. Anything further
to come before the board? We are
adjourned.
As
there was no further discussion to come before this ways and means it was
adjourned at 11:04 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Judith Garrison, Clerk
Board of Supervisors